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| Main Entry: | correct |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fix, adjust |
| Synonyms: | alter, ameliorate, amend, better, change, cure, debug*, doctor*, edit, emend, fix up, go over, help, improve, launder, mend, pick up, polish, reclaim, reconstruct, rectify, redress, reform, regulate, remedy, remodel, reorganize, repair, retouch, review, revise, right, scrub*, touch up, upgrade, clean up, clean up act, do over, fiddle with, get with it, make over, make right, make up for, pay dues, put in order, set right, set straight, shape up, straighten out, turn around |
| Antonyms: | blow, blunder, goof, mistake |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | correct |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discipline, chastise |
| Synonyms: | administer, admonish, castigate, chasten, chide, penalize, punish, reprimand, reprove |
| Antonyms: | coddle, indulge, pamper, pet, spoil, be permissive |
| Main Entry: | adjust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mechanically alter, especially to |
| Synonyms: | align, balance, connect, correct, fine-tune, fit, fix, focus, grind, improve, mend, overhaul, polish, readjust, rectify, regulate, renovate, repair, service, set, sharpen, square, tighten, tune up, bring into line, calibrate, improve accommodate, put in working order, troubleshoot |
| Antonyms: | derange, disarrange, unsuit |
| Main Entry: | atone |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compensate; make amends for former misdoing |
| Synonyms: | absolve, answer, apologize, appease, balance, correct, counterbalance, do penance, expiate, make amends, make redress, make reparation, make up for, offset, outweigh, pay, pay one's dues, propitiate, recompense, reconcile, redeem, redress, repair, set off, square, take one's medicine |
| Main Entry: | better |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | improve performance; outdo |
| Synonyms: | advance, ameliorate, amend, beat, best, cap, correct, enhance, exceed, excel, forward, further, help, meliorate, mend, outshine, outstrip, promote, raise, rectify, refine, reform, revamp, surpass, top, transcend |
| Notes: | better is greater in excellence or higher in quality; more useful; more highly skilled; healthier than before - while bettor is someone who bets |
| Antonyms: | deteriorate, worsen, get worse |
| Main Entry: | castigate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | criticize severely |
| Synonyms: | baste, bawl out*, beat, berate, blister, cane, censure, chasten, chastise, chew out*, come down on*, correct, criticize, discipline, drag over the coals, dress down*, drub, excoriate, flay, flog, jump down one's throat, lambaste, lash, lay out*, lean on, penalize, pummel, punish, rail, rate, read the riot act, ream, rebuke, reprimand, scarify, scathe, scold, scorch, scourge, thrash, tongue-lash*, upbraid, whip |
| Antonyms: | compliment, laud, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | chastise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | scold, discipline |
| Synonyms: | baste, beat, berate, castigate, censure, chasten, chew out*, correct, flog*, lash*, lay into*, pummel, punish, scourge, spank, thrash, upbraid, whip, climb all over, ferule, lean on, ream, skelp, slap down |
| Antonyms: | cheer, comfort, compliment, encourage, forgive, promote, inspirit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | check |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inspect, examine |
| Synonyms: | analyze, ascertain, audit, candle, case, compare, confirm, correct, count, find out, frisk, go through, investigate, monitor, note, overlook, probe, prove, quiz, review, scrutinize, study, tell, test, try, verify, balance account, enquire about, eyeball, keep account, look at, look over, look see, make sure, scout out, take stock |
| Main Entry: | counteract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do opposing action |
| Synonyms: | annul, buck, cancel, check, contravene, correct, counterbalance, cross, defeat, fix, foil, frustrate, halt, hinder, invalidate, negate, negative, neutralize, offset, oppose, prevent, rectify, redress, resist, right, thwart, cancel out, countercheck, countervail, counterwork, go against |
| Antonyms: | aid, approve, assist, help, support |
| Main Entry: | counterbalance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | offset an action |
| Synonyms: | amend, balance, cancel, compensate, correct, counteract, counterpoise, equalize, outweigh, rectify, redeem, atone for, countervail, make up for, set off |
| Main Entry: | cure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | heal, ease bad situation |
| Synonyms: | alleviate, ameliorate, attend, better, cold turkey*, correct, doctor, dose, dress, help, improve, kick, mend, nurse, palliate, rectify, redress, rehabilitate, relieve, remedy, repair, restore, right, shake, treat, dry out, kick the habit, make better, make healthy, make whole, medicate, minister to, quit cold, restore to health, sweat it out |
| Antonyms: | depress, hurt, injure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | debug |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | troubleshoot |
| Synonyms: | adjust, correct, fix, iron out, remedy, repair, unravel, untangle, remove errors, sort out, straighten out, unscramble, work the bugs out of |
| Main Entry: | edit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rewrite, refine |
| Synonyms: | adapt, alter, amplify, analyze, annotate, arrange, assemble, assign, butcher, censor, check, choose, compile, compose, condense, correct, cut, delete, discard, doctor, draft, emend, excise, feature, fine-tune, finish, go over, make up, massage*, polish, prepare, prescribe, proofread, publish, put together, rearrange, rectify, regulate, rehash, rephrase, report, revise, scrub*, select, set up, strike out, style, tighten, trim, blue-pencil*, boil down*, fly speck, recalibrate, redact, write over |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | expiate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make amends for |
| Synonyms: | absolve, amend, appease, atone, atone for, compensate, correct, do penance, excuse, forgive, pay one's dues, rectify, redeem, redress, remedy, square things |
| Main Entry: | fix |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mend, repair |
| Synonyms: | adjust, amend, correct, debug, do up*, doctor, emend, face-lift*, overhaul, patch, rebuild, reconstruct, regulate, restore, revamp, revise, sort, tune up, fiddle with, put to rights, recondition, retread, see to* |
| Antonyms: | break, corrupt, destroy, unfix |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | improve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become better |
| Synonyms: | advance, ameliorate, amend, augment, better, boost, civilize, convalesce, correct, cultivate, develop, edit, elevate, emend, enhance, gain ground*, help, increase, lift, look up*, meliorate, mend, perk up*, pick up*, polish, progress, promote, purify, raise, rally, recover, rectify, recuperate, refine, reform, revamp, revise, rise, sharpen, skyrocket*, take off*, touch up*, update, upgrade, come around*, doctor up, make strides, set right, shape up, straighten out*, turn the corner |
| Antonyms: | damage, decline, decrease, diminish, harm, hurt, injure, weaken, worsen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | maintain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assert, claim; argue for |
| Synonyms: | advocate, affirm, allege, asseverate, attest, aver, avow, back, champion, contend, correct, declare, defend, emphasize, hold, insist, justify, persist, profess, protest, rectify, report, right, say, state, stress, uphold, vindicate, fight for, plead for, stand by |
| Antonyms: | condemn, desert, discard, forget |
| Main Entry: | modify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | alter, change |
| Synonyms: | adapt, adjust, become, convert, correct, doctor, mutate, redo, reform, remodel, reorganize, repair, revise, rework, transform, turn, tweak*, vary, customize, recast, refashion, reshape, shift gears, switch over, transfigure, transmogrify, transmute, turn one around, turn over new leaf, turn the corner, turn the tables |
| Antonyms: | stagnate, leave alone |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | penalize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | punish |
| Synonyms: | amerce, castigate, chasten, chastise, condemn, correct, discipline, dock*, fine, handicap, judge, mulct, scold, hit with, impose penalty, inflict handicap, put at disadvantage, slap with, throw the book at |
| Antonyms: | excuse, forgive, pardon, reward |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | polish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | improve performance, look |
| Synonyms: | amend, better, brush up, correct, cultivate, emend, enhance, finish, furbish, mature, mend, perfect, refine, round, sleek, slick, smooth, touch up, make improvement |
| Antonyms: | deface, ruin, spoil |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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